Questions abound when first encountering the possibility of needing to file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits, whether under FERS or CSRS, from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and that is a natural course of events. It is tantamount to the proverbial admissions that one’s “mouth speaks faster than one can think,” because of the sudden flood of concerns, potential problems, future-oriented probabilities and the anxieties associated with the unknown.
It is thus often important to systematically categorize the questions and concerns into that which needs to be done immediately; that which can be accomplished within the next 30 – 60 days; and that which must be considered for the long-term.
Such time-imposed trifurcation of tasks, questions, concerns, etc. to place into neat segments will help in managing the daunting task of preparing a Federal Disability Retirement application, especially when one considers that attending to the care and treatment of one’s medical condition requires time and attention as a priority. By categorizing and pigeonholing questions into their appropriate time-slots, it will help to manage the onset of natural anxieties which are always felt by encountering the new, the complex, and the unknown.
Questions will always abound; how and when to answer them is the key to maintaining a sense of calm and competence while retaining an aura of peace.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Attorney
Filed under: Pre-Application Considerations | Tagged: a process of anxiety for disabled federal workers, angst and anxiety prior the opm disability retirement decision, applying for federal disability, are you a fed employee with questions about workers disability compensation?, attorney representing federal employees, blogs for disabled postal or federal employees, categorizing questions and concerns during the opm disability, federal disability lawyer, federal workers with chronic pain and anxiety, FERS disability lawyer, fers disability questions, fers disability retirement common problem with applicants, first questions typically asked to a federal disability retirement attorney, foundational questions during the application for disability opm, getting fers disability and anxiety, important questions about opm disability retirement, just narrowing your options putting your health always as a priority, law firm representing clients in opm disability law all across america, lawyer federal retirement disability, more than a priority a necessity: getting fers disability benefits, one question about priorities - your health or your job?, Postal Service disability, problems the opm disability retirement applicant should prevent, representing federal employees from any us government agency, specific questions about your particular federal disability claim, stress and anxiety in the road towards federal disability retirement, the chasm of the unknown in the way towards federal disability retirement, the importance of federal disability retirement and the priority of improving your health care, the main priorities that disabled federal employees must take, the most important questions you should ask your lawyer about fers disability, the new year comes with the same old priority: a realistic opportunity of medical recuperation, unknown and uncertainty in the often-turbulent federal disability retirement waters, USPS disability retirement benefits, when the injured federal worker sails into unknown waters | Leave a comment »